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title: The Card Players by Cézanne
author: Musée d'Orsay
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15368/the-card-players-by-cezanne/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# The Card Players by Cézanne
_Authored by Musée d'Orsay_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15368.png)
## Image Caption
An 1893-6 painting in oils, *The Card Players*, by [Paul Cézanne](https://www.worldhistory.org/Paul_Cezanne/) (1839-1906), the French post-impressionist artist. Cézanne visited the subject of card players several times. In this version, he shows only two players and captures the tension and division between them by clearly dividing the scene vertically using the bottle of wine and other strong vertical lines. (Musée d'Orsay, [Paris](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/paris/)).
## Cite This Work
### APA
d'Orsay, M. (2022, March 09). The Card Players by Cézanne. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
d'Orsay, Musée. "The Card Players by Cézanne." *World History Encyclopedia*, March 09, 2022. .
### MLA
d'Orsay, Musée. "The Card Players by Cézanne." *World History Encyclopedia*, 09 Mar 2022, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Les_Joueurs_de_cartes,_par_Paul_C%C3%A9zanne.jpg) by [**Musée d'Orsay**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Les_Joueurs_de_cartes,_par_Paul_C%C3%A9zanne.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 09 March 2022. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Public Domain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain). This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.